---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.502"
title: "20"
number: "702.502"
heading: "Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.502"
---

# §702.502. Vocational rehabilitation; action by district directors.


All injury cases which are likely to result in, or have resulted in, permanent disability, and which are of a character likely to require review by a vocational rehabilitation adviser on the staff of the Director, shall promptly be referred to such adviser by the district director or his designee having charge of the case. A form has been prescribed for such purpose and shall be used. Medical data and other pertinent information shall accompany the referral.


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 18294, Apr. 30, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 18294, Apr. 30, 1984]